History, Debate and Theory

Facing the Facts: Acknowledging the informal economy in anti-poverty policies and services

Most people who work informally are forced to do so to make ends meet rather than out of a desire to cheat the system. Yet by working in...

National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

Special Issue on Labor Law Reforms in India

The issue features an article on law and the self-employed in India (see pp 133-150, Legal Reforms for the Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases),...

The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions

Abstract: Informal employment represents more than half of nonagricultural employment in most developing regions, contributes to the overall...

Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty

Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici 

Social Security and the Changing Labour Market: Access for Non-standard and Informal Workers in South Africa

Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment

Flexibility of Labour in Globalizing India

Labour Migration and Households: A Reconsideration of the Effects of the Social Pension on Labour Supply in South Africa

An exploration into the nature of informal—formal sector relationships